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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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